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Show MONTANA RICH IN MANY INDUSTRIES George W. Irwin, postmaster of Butte, Mont, is in the city, ataying at the Wilson. Speaking- of his home town and State he said: "We are In a great mining mi-ning and Irrigation district. We are the largest copper producing State in the Union,- the aecond largest - silver producer pro-ducer and far the largeat sheep, wool and cattle State of them all. "In way of Irrigation, wa are In the front ranks and get our share of the $2000,000 appropriated to that purpose. "We hoist to the surface every day more mineral ore than all of Utah and Colorado combined. Our annual output Is $70,000,000. and in five years we shall make It SlOO.000,000." |